Tom Børvan · Oslo, Norway
Fifteen years leading e-commerce delivery for Scandinavian retail: Adobe Commerce, headless Next.js, and AI agents on Anthropic Claude and Microsoft Foundry.
01 · About
AI Lead & Project Manager at Alpha Solutions Norge, a Scandinavian digital commerce consultancy. I run delivery for Nordic retailers (headless Adobe Commerce with Next.js storefronts, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and Shopify) and build the AI agents that operate alongside them.
The agents are built on Anthropic Claude and Microsoft Foundry, with Claude Code as the daily development driver.
Norwegian by birth, global by experience: a digital nomad since 2014, working remotely across 20+ countries.
Digital commerce · Headless architecture · AI agents · Team leadership
02 · AI agents
I build agents inside real delivery work, not standalone demos: client projects and the tools I use every day.
Stack 01 · Anthropic Claude
I give agents real reach through Anthropic's tools: tool use and MCP servers to connect them to systems, and the Claude Agent SDK to build on. Claude Code is my daily driver, so working with agents is part of how I already build, not a separate track.
Stack 02 · Microsoft Foundry
On Microsoft I build with the Microsoft Agent Framework and orchestrate several agents across enterprise systems. That runs through to Copilot Studio automations and Power BI, so the work lands as reporting and processes teams actually use.
Proof, not promises
This portfolio doesn't just describe the agent work — it exposes it. The site serves a live MCP endpoint any agent can connect to, a JSON API described by OpenAPI, markdown versions of every page, in-page WebMCP tools for browser agents, and a machine-readable llms.txt.
https://www.tomborvan.com/api/mcp
# MCP · tools: get_profile, list_projects, list_timeline, list_skills, get_contact_info
https://www.tomborvan.com/api/v1
# REST · profile, projects, timeline, skills, writing, contact · spec: /openapi.json
Machine-readable summary at /llms.txt · docs for agents and developers at /developers
03 · Projects
Case studies from retail, agencies, and personal ventures.
Alpha Solutions Norge · 2026
I lead the product: three free tools we use on Nordic retail work, published for anyone to run. GEO/AEO Tracker asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Mistral and Grok whether they recommend your store or a competitor. Health Check and Schema Emitter cover the technical side. No account, no keys, no integration.
3 free tools · 6 AI engines
GEO/AEO / Next.js / Vercel / Structured Data
Alpha Solutions Norge · 2024
Delivery PM for the omnichannel platform behind one of Norway's largest furniture chains: 70 member-owned stores on a headless Adobe Commerce, Next.js and Vercel stack bridging web and in-store retail, with continuous feature delivery since launch.
70 stores · launched 2024
Adobe Commerce / Next.js / Vercel / Headless / Omnichannel
Workfor Safeguard · 2016
Project-managed a large-scale data curation programme, coordinating 10+ specialists across time zones and over 1,800 people in the main effort.
10+ specialists · 1,800+ coordinated · 95% accuracy · 100% on time
Project Leadership / Remote Teams / Data Quality
Beyond Communication (via Eleutheria) · 2019
Built a custom web app for event-staff booking, training and reporting, replacing the agency's manual workforce workflows end to end.
+70% efficiency · 90% retention
Web Development / Custom Software / Process Automation
Eleutheria · ongoing
Shopify store for Eastern Norway's robot-mower specialist, built under Eleutheria and still running. B2C and B2B sales, with Google Ads managed alongside the platform.
Shopify / B2B E-Commerce / Google Ads
Personal venture
Online store for Norwegian arts and handicrafts, run with my wife since 2013 on a domain held since 1999. Featured in Kampanje alongside Innovation Norway's national initiative.
11+ years running · since 2013
E-Commerce / Entrepreneurship / Norwegian Crafts
04 · Experience
15+ years across startups, enterprise, and consulting.
AI Lead & Project Manager
Leads the AI practice: AI enablement across the company, prototypes and internal tooling that shorten delivery, and customer workshops. Continues as project manager for two national omnichannel retail chains.
Project Manager
Joined as Project Manager for digital commerce delivery at a Scandinavian e-commerce consultancy: end-to-end projects on Adobe Commerce and headless architectures, including the 2024 omnichannel platform for Møbelringen.
IT Consultant
Delivered Shopify and WordPress solutions for Norwegian clients with custom implementations.
Project Lead
Led an international team of 10+ specialists. Coordinated 1,800+ individuals across multiple time zones.
10+ specialists · 1,800+ coordinated
Remote Work
Worked remotely from 20+ countries including South Africa, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, and Hungary.
Monitoring Consultant
Served Telenor's top 100 enterprise clients. Managed Cisco routers, fiber monitoring, and global routing.
BBA Entrepreneurship
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Minor in Information Systems. Multiple-time Dean's List and Larson Scholarship recipient. Won 1st place at Giants Entrepreneurship Challenge for myQuub—airport sleeping pods concept competing against 20+ teams from 9 universities. Delta Tau Delta member.
Magna Cum Laude · Dean's List · 1st Place Giants Challenge
IT Staff
Started at A NOVO Norge, then Aker Hospital civil service. Built foundation in servers, databases, and networking.
05 · Skills
Platform-agnostic delivery with deep technical roots.
Project Leadership
E-Commerce & Web
Marketing & Analytics
AI & Automation
Technical Foundation
Languages: Norwegian (Native) · English (Fluent) · Swedish (Conversational)
06 · Writing
Long-form writing on shipping AI agents inside real delivery work.
2026-07-10
What actually happened when I ran an AI agent as my own chief of staff for a few months: architecture, failures, and the rules that came from them.
2026-07-10
Two agent stacks, one delivery lead's view: where Claude's tool use and MCP model win, where Microsoft Foundry earns its keep, and the mistake teams make when they scope agent work like ordinary software.
2026-06-28
A page built for human eyes is close to invisible to an agent. So my portfolio ships a real MCP server, in-page tools, and plain-text profiles, turning the smallest site I own into a lab for the agentic web.
2026-06-15
The technology is new. The way agent projects fail is old: e-commerce replatforms already taught me most of the fixes.
07 · Contact
Open to digital commerce projects, agent work, and good conversations. Based in Oslo, working anywhere.